The old man said, "If you don't have meat on your cheeks, it's hard to fight." The next sentence is equally classic. Have you heard of it?

When it comes to ancient culture, it is inevitable to talk about ancient feudal superstition. Of course, with the rapid development of science and technology, many ancient cultures have become dross. Although it is not credible, it is still very useful as a basis for studying ancient history. In addition, these mysterious-sounding cultures have become lifelike after a long period of circulation, and they have also become the blueprints of many literary creations, among which the eight characters of feng shui fortune telling are the most well known. Even now, some old people sometimes hang their heads in the streets and lanes for consultation.

Therefore, many ancient classics about fortune-telling have been derived, and there is also a saying among the people that "two cheeks without meat are bound to be difficult to fight." It seems like a joke now, but in ancient times, these proverbs had a great influence.

Birthday, auspicious future, fortune telling, good and bad luck now look funny, but they were very popular in ancient times, and the court and the people believed in them. When going out for a long trip, you will ask a special gentleman to choose a good day. Not only that, when you get married, you have to ask someone to calculate whether the birthdays match, even the emperor is no exception.

In contrast, fortune tellers are even worse. In ancient times, a person's appearance almost decided his future, because the ancients had strict definitions of appearance. As the title said, if this happened, it was almost impossible to make friends in ancient times.

The so-called "gills without meat" actually means the same as another idiom "sharp-billed monkey cheeks", which means that people's faces are tight-lipped and sharp-lipped. In the eyes of the ancients, such people have ulterior motives and always give people an impression of ulterior motives. If you are not careful, you will be calculated by them and feel insecure. And people who are thoughtful, shrewd and inexperienced tend to get close to ink.

On the contrary, people whose pearls are round as jade and whose faces are like crown jade often make people feel more popular. However, looking at ancient and modern history, this statement is obviously biased. There are not a few good people with no meat on their cheeks, and hypocritical villains are like crucian carp crossing the river.

There is also the second half of this sentence that says "the face is juryman, nine times out of ten fierce", which is easy to understand. Transverse meat means that the meat on the face has many transverse folds and lines, or the meat on the cheek is camel-down, which is somewhat similar to our common bulldog. At first glance, it's like losing face, especially in ancient times, the fish village where local ruffians and hooligans were rampant, and Kansai Town in the water margin was a typical example. And these local ruffians and rogues often look fierce and daunting when they oppress the people, and this loss of face is the result of long-term accumulation.

Although these two proverbs seem exaggerated now, there is some truth in thinking about them carefully, which shows that the ancients observed carefully and summarized profoundly. Although it is not a scientific basis, it is summed up by the people after long-term observation of the people around them. Even today, this kind of social experience still has reference significance. After all, all the people who are close to Zhu Zhechi are black, and they are the ones who get hurt in the end. Of course, it seems irrational to rely entirely on these proverbs to judge people by their appearances, because if you judge people by their appearances, it doesn't mean that you are asking for trouble. Therefore, it is wise for the ancients to say "watch what they say and watch what they do" to see its clues.